If you are having issues connecting to your Bluetooth® Low Energy peripheral device from MATLAB® or are unable to read or write data, you can try some of the following troubleshooting tips.
For more information about the Bluetooth Low Energy interface, see:
The Bluetooth Low Energy interface is supported on these platforms:
macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later
Windows® 10, version 1709 or later
Before trying other troubleshooting steps, make sure your computer is running one of these platforms.
If MATLAB does not detect your built-in or external Bluetooth adapter when you call blelist, try the following:
Make sure the adapter supports Bluetooth 4.0 and higher.
Restart Bluetooth services on your computer.
Update to the latest device drivers for your adapter.
Reboot your computer.
If your device does not appear in the blelist output, make sure that
you have done the following:
Power on your peripheral device.
Bring your peripheral device within range of your computer.
Disconnect your peripheral device from any other devices or applications first.
The output from blelist shows you only nearby devices that are
currently advertising data. If your device is already connected in another application
or in MATLAB, it might not appear in the output.
Try a larger value for the Timeout parameter in
blelist. This increases the amount of time MATLAB scans for nearby devices. For example,
blelist("Timeout",20) searches for nearby peripheral devices for
20 seconds. The default timeout value is three seconds. If your device transmits
advertisement data less often than once every three seconds, MATLAB might not capture it.
If your peripheral device powers off or disconnects, the UUID might change when it
powers on again or reconnects. However, the name remains the same in the
blelist output. If you are trying to create a new
ble object for the same device, specify the new UUID instead of the
name.
On Windows, if a peripheral device has already been paired but the firmware that defines
characteristics and descriptors is changed, ble might fail to connect the
device to your computer. To fix this, disconnect and then reconnect your device to
Windows.
If you are unable to create a characteristic object for your
Bluetooth Low Energy device on Windows 10, try pairing your device on Windows before using ble to connect to it in MATLAB. You can pair to a device in Windows Settings > Devices > Add Bluetooth or other device.
Using read(c,'latest') or read(c) inside a
callback function for a characteristic with a high rate can throw an error or block
MATLAB for a long time. Instead, use read(c,'oldest') in a
callback function. For an example, see Read Characteristic Data from a Bluetooth Low Energy Peripheral Device Using a Callback Function.
On macOS, some device characteristics require authentication to read or write for the
first time. After you create a ble object, run read or
write. Follow the prompts that appear on your computer to pair your
peripheral device.
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